The National Assembly has debated the draft law amending the Criminal Code as tabled by the government. Information that filtered to our political desk says the MPs plan to punish adultery with some new modifications. To be sure, in terms of Article 361 which regulates the question of adultery, the members of parliament have now agreed that adultery “shall be punished with imprisonment from two months to six months or a fine of 25,000 to 100,000 francs if a married woman who has sex with a man other than her husband”.

The new bill amending the text adds in paragraph 2, that the “penalties provided in paragraph 1 above shall hold for the husband who has sex with other women rather than his wife or wives.” If the text proposed by the government is eventually passed by parliament, it will be a kind of revolution in Cameroon. We learnt that stricter measures are being designed to combat homosexuality.

Rita Akana (CIR)

Cameroon Intelligence Report has learned that heavily armed men took away more than 555 million CFA francs from the residence of André Mama Fouda, Minister of Public Health. Our Yaoundé informant revealed the robbers took advantage of the absence of the policeman assigned to the Mama Fouda villa to enter and commit their crime. The wife of the minister was tied up and we understand some acts of violence were committed against her.

According to a highly placed security source who sued for anonymity, heavy weapons were found in a vehicle belonging to the minister and more than 555 million FCFA including valuable jewels were stolen during the robbery. It is not the first time that thieves have visited Minister Fouda. On the night of April 17, 2015 over 300 million FCFA reportedly disappeared at his residence.  The Yaoundé police responded by detaining all employees at his home. The trouble that President Biya and his kinsmen are bringing to Cameroon as a nation, wears a cap and whistles.

Sama Ernest (CIR)

Gunshots were heard early this morning at the Mboppi neighborhood in Douala the economic capital. Our chief intelligence officer hinted the shots were fired in the gendarmerie camp located at  Mboppi. A police source was quoted as saying that the shots were fired by a gang whose leader was arrested on June the 15^th 2016 and is being held at the said Gerdarmerie station.  Calm has returned to the area and  traffic is back to normal.

CIR

Reverend Dr. Dieudonne Masi Gams, Chair of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), is leading an expedition to the South West Region to assess the implementation of the plan of action for 2015 and mid-term 2016. The plan consists in following up and detecting corrupt practices that continue to mar the Head of State’s plans to enable Cameroon become emergent by 2035.

Although effective work lasts from June 13-17, 2016, a solemn opening by the Governor and the NACC Chair was conducted on June 14 in the Buea new Council Hall. The NACC Chair had a pad on the back for the South West as one of the best regions that fought corruption in 2015, but was quick to ask, “Where are you today?” Reverend Masi Gams underscored that the heavy projects undertaken in the South West, notably in Limbe and Buea to host the female African Cup of Nations this November, where already giving clear signs of malpractices.

He mentioned contractors who begin without appropriate means and staff, project owners who award contracts to companies with questionable reputation, officials who ask for kick-backs and individuals who witness corrupt practices, but fail to report them. Masi Gams insisted that it was a matter of “putting ethics and integrity in the hearts of our lives, our families, our market places, our workshops, our associations, etc.” He regretted that “every year, public investment budgets allocated to the regions are poorly executed.”

The Buea meeting was attended by administrative, police and military authorities, traditional and religious leaders, Mayors, political leaders, professional groups, grassroots organizations, politicians, judicial authorities and other stakeholders. South West Regional Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai, expressed worry that many Regional Service Heads were absent at the workshop, even though he said he informed them.

Cameroon Tribune

The people of Bangolan have been rejoicing ever since an agreement was reached to discontinued the legal process which started last February and created an unprecedented chieftaincy dispute. The uprising in Bangolan led to a temporal dethronement of Fon Chafah XI and saw a new Fon installed. The Elders and King Makers of Bangolan have all discovered that peace is very expensive and have decided to have an out of court settlement.  Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered from sources deep inside the tribunal that court fees have already been paid and both sides have opted for a peaceful end to the affair.

We further learnt that committees have been set up to restore peace within the onetime war-zone village. The uprisings perpetrated by some disgruntled villagers were purely illegal and lacked administrative procedures to back it, says our source. Gun shots were heard in the village on March 19, 2016 when angry villagers took over the palace and demanded Fon Chafah XI to leave. The Fon was in Yaounde at the time of the incident. He returned when things were at uncontrollable proportions and could not restore law and order. All vital administrative interventions proved futile. It all started in February 2016 when Fon Chafah XI of Bangolan was dethroned for embracing Christianity.

Bama Cham Victor (CIR)

Prosecutors in Treviso, Italy have indicted two Italian police officers believed to have caused the death of a Cameroonian Donald Fombu Mboyo aka Papajah on Monday, 6 June 2016. Cameroon Intelligence Report learned that Papajah was living in the country illegally for years and resisted a deportation order.

The police violently arrested and handcuffed him. He reportedly died after he was brutally beaten by the two Italian police officers. State Counsel, Barbara Sabatttini, requested an autopsy and the opening of an investigation to determine the circumstances of the death of the late Donald Fombu. It is vital to include in this report that the late Donald Fombu Mboyo left behind a pregnant wife.

CIR